Carl Van Vechten

(Portrait of an Actor in "Four Saints in Three Acts")
1934

A vintage black and white photograph of a woman gazing upwards. She is wearing a white dress with large buttons and a dark shawl over her shoulders, complemented by a lace headscarf.

A vintage black and white photograph of a woman gazing upwards. She is wearing a white dress with large buttons and a dark shawl over her shoulders, complemented by a lace headscarf.

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Date
1934

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8in. (24.4 × 18.7 cm) Image: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8in. (24.4 × 18.7 cm)

Accession number
2013.163

Series
Four Saints in Three Acts

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift from the Collection of Philip Taaffe

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/44219

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Carl Van Vechten
17 works in the collection

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